The workshop on applications of MRI at ultra-high magnetic fields described below was succesfully held. We thank the 85 attendants for an excellent and lively meeting. The speakers in particular gave remarkable presentations on this field in rapid development. Follow link for a brief review.
In spring 2010 many MR scientists and clinicians will be in Stockholm for the ISMRM/ESMRMB meeting taking place May 1st-7th. While being in Scandinavia, we encourage those with special interest in ultra-high field MRI studies to take the opportunity to stop in Copenhagen on the way home for a 1½ day symposium. The focus will be on scientific and clinical applications of MR in humans at magnetic fields of 7 tesla and above (download flyer).
The meeting in Stockholm ends at noon May 7th and the meeting in Copenhagen starts the following day, also at noon. This gives you the possibility to enjoy the Scandinavian atmosphere in Stockholm and/or Copenhagen between the two meetings. The Stockholm-Copenhagen flight takes one hour only. There are several departures every day.
- May 8th, 12 noon - 1pm: Registration and lunch (remember to sign up).
- May 8th, 1pm - 5pm: Scientific sessions, followed by conference dinner in the evening.
- May 9th, 9am -3pm: Scientific sessions (lunch from 12.30 to 1.30)
Further updates will be published on this page: http://www.drcmr.dk/UHF2010. Questions are addressed by the conference secretary Dorte Frejwald.
Program
We are proud to present some of the most outstanding experts in the field of ultra-high field imaging applications. Preliminary list of confirmed speakers and session overview:
Saturday, early afternoon session:
- Siegfried Trattnig, Medical University of Vienna, Austria: High resolution morphological, compositional and metabolic imaging in the musculoskeletal system by ultra-high field
- Mark Ladd, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Advances in Ultra-High Field Body Imaging
- Sarah J. Nelson, University of California, San Francisco, USA: Clinical applications at ultra-high field.
Saturday, late afternoon session:
- Marta Bianciardi, NIH, USA: Spontaneous signal fluctuations in human fMRI at high magnetic fields.
- Robert Turner, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany: Multimodal imaging
Sunday, early morning session:
- Jeff Duyn, NIH, USA: Anatomical MRI based on magnetic susceptibility contrast.
- Fernando E. Boada, University of Pittsburg, USA: Monitoring Ion Homeostasis with Sodium MRI (sMRI).
Sunday, late morning session:
- Rolf Gruetter, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. In vivo metabolism studies at ultra-high field.
- Oliver Speck, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany: Towards fMRI of subcortical structures at high field.
Sunday, afternoon session:
- Kamil Ugurbil, University of Minnesota, USA: fMRI of the visual system at ultra-high field
- Lawrence Wald, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA: Control of CBF at the laminar level.
Confirmed chairpersons:
- Ewald Moser, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
- Stefan Posse, University of New Mexico, USA.
- Peter Bandettini, NIH, Maryland, USA
Venue
The meeting is held at the remarkably pleasant Helene Elsass Centre situated beautifully just north of the Danish Capital Copenhagen (map). Connections from central Copenhagen to Ordrup station are good (trains every 10 minutes, duration 20 minutes, 5 minutes walk to the venue).
See "Accommodation" below for travel from airport to recommended hotel close to venue.
Meals
The sponsored conference dinner on Saturday and the lunches on Saturday and Sunday are included in the registration fee. Please indicate at registration whether you plan to attend. Please send a mail in advance if you have special dietary requests.
Accommodation
The attendants are asked to arrange and pay for accommodation themselves (except for invited speakers and chairmen). Accommodation and transport expenses are not included in the attendance fee. The Hellerup Park Hotel is recommended. Rooms are offerered ranging from approximately $200 to $280 per night. Please book before March 1st, if possible via mail to . Please specify reference number 63245 when booking.
The easiest travel from the Airport to Hellerup Park Hotel is via train to Hellerup station (30 minutes, leaving every 10 minutes), and via taxi from there (app. 8 EUR).
The Wonderful Copenhagen Agency can provide further options and advice regarding booking and stay.
Currency
The currency in Denmark is "kroner", DKK (approximately 1/7.5 EUR or 1/5 USD). Visa and MasterCards are widely accepted, also in most taxis.
Sponsors
Due to the generosity of the sponsors, the registration fee is kept modest:
- GE Healthcare
- Philips Healthcare
- Siemens Healthcare
- Ludvig and Sara Elsass Foundation
Registration
Registration is performed by filling in the form below, and by paying the attendance fee in full via PayPal. Registration is only considered complete when payment is received. The deadline is April 15th (noon, central European time). Questions are addressed by the conference secretary Dorte Frejwald.
Attendance fee and payment
The attendance fee is EUR 150. Credit card payments and bank transfers can be performed via PayPal, which is the only supported payment option. Payment charges are included in the attendance fee, so please assign these to "seller" in the registration process (there is no refund, if you choose not to).
The mentioned meals are included in the conference fee. Guests and spouses are welcome at the conference dinner (DKR 500 per extra person paid on site).
Cancellation and refund policy
The paid amount is refunded in total, if written cancellation is received within two weeks after registration. Fifty percent of the registration fee is returned if cancellation is received before the registration deadline. After that, no refund is provided.
Local organising committee
- Lars G. Hanson (program chair), Danish Research Centre for MR and DTU, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Olaf B. Paulson (chairman), Danish Research Centre for MR, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Hartwig R. Siebner, Danish Research Centre for MR, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Freddy Ståhlberg, Lund University, Sweden.
- Carsten Thomsen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Leif Østergaard, Center for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Århus, Denmark.
- Per Åkeson, Danish Research Centre for MR, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Practical issues and registration: Form is no longer available
